
This is a rare opportunity for those who are interested in cinema and for those who are unfamiliar with the benshi style to experience ‘The Water Magician’.

This performance was a study of the musical elements of Brakhage's film composition and his personal interest in music. The live and recorded music accompanying the films emphasised the pulsating images and their contrapuntal structure.

The ukulele-strumming, piano-banging showgirl of Dresden Dolls fame came via the Spiegeltent for the very final performances of her Australian tour.

Appearing at the Perth International Arts Festival, The Animals and Children Took to the Streets is a modern Gothic fairytale created by 1927, a contemporary performance company from the UK.

Jason Robert Brown has a segment of Melbourne eating out of his hands, going by the size and passion of the crowd for his one Melbourne show.

I couldn’t work out whether Old Man River’s opening stunt was a stroke of performative folly or genius – an uncertainty which captures neatly my larger impressions of this four-piece jolly-rock outfit.

There are plenty of things women don’t want to hear from a man, such as “I hate monogamy” or “sorry Hun, I switched off, what’d you say?” But Eddie Ifft is happy to tell them.